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Ceisteanna - Questions: Departmental Operations (9 Jul 2019)

Mary Lou McDonald: Generally it is just three questions.

Ceisteanna - Questions: Departmental Operations (9 Jul 2019)

Mary Lou McDonald: That next group is very long.

Ceisteanna - Questions: Departmental Operations (9 Jul 2019)

Mary Lou McDonald: No. In that case, can I ask another supplementary question?

Ceisteanna - Questions: Departmental Operations (9 Jul 2019)

Mary Lou McDonald: I believe the Taoiseach is unintentionally brushing me off slightly with the response he gave. I am looking at a question that was put to the Taoiseach by my colleague, Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh, for a written response on 22 February 2018. The Taoiseach responded as the line Minister, where he set out that he had appointed an independent third party to review the allegations made. The...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Freedom of Information Data (9 Jul 2019)

Mary Lou McDonald: Over the past year there have been two landmark cases concerning the freedom of information legislation that fundamentally impact on its principles and will, potentially, have far-reaching consequences. I refer to the cases involving University College Cork, UCC, and Enet. These cases are undermining what should be the starting point for freedom of information and that is a presumption in...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committee Meetings (9 Jul 2019)

Mary Lou McDonald: There is a contradiction at the core of what the Taoiseach is saying and I share the alarm that the June meeting was last year and there has been no meeting this year. The Taoiseach is saying the sub-committee does not work as a mechanism and his proposal is to put Brexit in with EU affairs and global matters. To extend the scope makes absolutely no sense.

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committee Meetings (9 Jul 2019)

Mary Lou McDonald: I understand a briefing of opposition parties is taking place on the most recent contingency plan for Brexit. There is a feeling of Groundhog Day. At first glance it does not appear that contingency planning has moved forward to a significant degree, still less that it has taken leap forward that is necessary as we face the real possibility of a disorderly Brexit. Information on the extent...

Citizens' Assembly on Gender Equality: Motion (9 Jul 2019)

Mary Lou McDonald: I move amendment No. 2:To insert the following after “co-responsibility for care, especially within the family;”: “— scrutinise the structural pay inequalities that result in women being disproportionately represented in low pay sectors;” May I say something about the amendment?

Citizens' Assembly on Gender Equality: Motion (9 Jul 2019)

Mary Lou McDonald: I move and I sit.

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committee Meetings (9 Jul 2019)

Mary Lou McDonald: 3. To ask the Taoiseach when Cabinet committee C (European Union including Brexit) last met; and when it is scheduled to meet again. [27549/19]

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (9 Jul 2019)

Mary Lou McDonald: Has the Government made a decision on the legislation necessary for the extension of presidential voting rights to the diaspora and people living in the North? When will the legislation be published? When does the Government propose to establish the commission? Does the Government intend to hold a referendum on this matter in the autumn?

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí (Atógáil) - Leaders' Questions (Resumed) (9 Jul 2019)

Mary Lou McDonald: Why then did the Minister of State, Deputy Kehoe, contradict Commodore Michael Malone? There have been expressions from very senior levels within the Defence Forces describing the relationship between them and the Department of Defence as toxic, broken and dysfunctional. That is not a sustainable situation. The Minister of State then came out and openly contradicted the commodore and...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí (Atógáil) - Leaders' Questions (Resumed) (9 Jul 2019)

Mary Lou McDonald: In recent days there has been considerable controversy surrounding the recent decision of the Naval Service to dock two vessels because of the continuing recruitment and retention crisis in the Defence Forces. As the Taoiseach knows, the officer in command of the Naval Service, Commodore Michael Malone, wrote in a Defence Forces newsletter on 27 June that 540 personnel had left the service...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Resources (9 Jul 2019)

Mary Lou McDonald: 286. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the Garda divisions in which a protective services unit has been established to date; the Garda divisions in which a protective services unit is due to be established by the end of quarter 4 of 2019, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29333/19]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Resources (9 Jul 2019)

Mary Lou McDonald: 287. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if the buildings, office equipment, cars, technology and trained Garda personnel are in place for each of the divisional protection services units established to date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29334/19]

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Adoption Data (9 Jul 2019)

Mary Lou McDonald: 692. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the number of adoption tracing inquiries received by Tusla in the past 12 months by domestic and intercountry adoptions in tabular form. [29465/19]

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Adoption Data (9 Jul 2019)

Mary Lou McDonald: 693. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the number of adoption information inquiries, including GDPR or subject access requests, received by Tusla in the past 12 months by domestic and intercountry adoptions in tabular form. [29466/19]

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Gender Proofing of Policies (9 Jul 2019)

Mary Lou McDonald: 695. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if the national childcare scheme has been gender proofed. [29598/19]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Benefits Data (9 Jul 2019)

Mary Lou McDonald: 761. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if the Christmas bonus will be available in 2019. [29279/19]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Public Inquiries (4 Jul 2019)

Mary Lou McDonald: 139. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if he has formally commenced the scoping exercise in relation to the death of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28613/19]